In their latest press release, the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations into the global software market via a series of acquisitions in Asia and Latin America.
the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations
the new company's management stated that they planned on expanding its operations
the company's new managers stated their plan to expand its operations
the new company managers stated their plan for its operations, expanding
the company's new management stated that they planned to expand its operations
OA: C
Question: Slight variations of choice a:
a1: the company's new management stated a plan to expand its operations
a2: the company's new management stated its plan to expand its operations
Are statements a1 and a2 correct?
Thanks in advance....
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No... management is a collective noun (singular) and does not match up with the pronoun 'their' earlier in the sentence.buzzdeepak wrote:In their latest press release, the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations into the global software market via a series of acquisitions in Asia and Latin America.
the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations
the new company's management stated that they planned on expanding its operations
the company's new managers stated their plan to expand its operations
the new company managers stated their plan for its operations, expanding
the company's new management stated that they planned to expand its operations
OA: C
Question: Slight variations of choice a:
a1: the company's new management stated a plan to expand its operations
a2: the company's new management stated its plan to expand its operations
Are statements a1 and a2 correct?
Thanks in advance....
Hope this helps.
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Thanks Brian
Could you please comment on options "a1" and "a2" (these were not in the original answer choices, but wanted to see if those could be correct if they were to be in the answer choices)
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Could you please comment on options "a1" and "a2" (these were not in the original answer choices, but wanted to see if those could be correct if they were to be in the answer choices)
Thanks...
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Sorry if I wasn't clear... you cannot make a selection that relies on the word 'management' because it would then leave the pronoun 'their' without an appropriate noun to refer to. 'Management' is a collective noun and would require the pronoun 'its'.buzzdeepak wrote:Thanks Brian
Could you please comment on options "a1" and "a2" (these were not in the original answer choices, but wanted to see if those could be correct if they were to be in the answer choices)
Thanks...
Hope this helps.
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Hi Deepak,buzzdeepak wrote:Question: Slight variations of choice a:
a1: the company's new management stated a plan to expand its operations
a2: the company's new management stated its plan to expand its operations
Are statements a1 and a2 correct?
a1: states that the company's new management presented a plan to expand company's operation.
a2: means that the new management presented its plan to expand its own operation, i.e to expand management's operation.
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I'm nervous about adding a POV to answers that we've already said are incorrect, but this explanation is furthering the error. "Its" cannot refer to company, because the word 'company' doesn't exist in this sentence. The word present in this sentence is 'company's' which is a possessive describing management and cannot have a possessive pronoun refer back to it, since possessive pronouns only refer to nouns.nisagl750 wrote:Hi Deepak,buzzdeepak wrote:Question: Slight variations of choice a:
a1: the company's new management stated a plan to expand its operations
a2: the company's new management stated its plan to expand its operations
Are statements a1 and a2 correct?
a1: states that the company's new management presented a plan to expand company's operation.
a2: means that the new management presented its plan to expand its own operation, i.e to expand management's operation.
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Does this make sense?
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I am sorry I made more mistakes and furthered the errors. But thanks for your nice explanation.brianlange77 wrote:I'm nervous about adding a POV to answers that we've already said are incorrect, but this explanation is furthering the error. "Its" cannot refer to company, because the word 'company' doesn't exist in this sentence. The word present in this sentence is 'company's' which is a possessive describing management and cannot have a possessive pronoun refer back to it, since possessive pronouns only refer to nouns.
Does this make sense?
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If I had not made these mistake, I would not have understood this question in a better way.
(Is the above sentence correct? I would not have understood this question in a better way)
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I would prefer "I could not have understood this question in a better way."nisagl750 wrote: (Is the above sentence correct? I would not have understood this question in a better way)
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